Online Class Notes (Jesse)

The happiest thing this week is that I won the scholarship. At the same time, the competition organized by our club will be held tomorrow. The competition is to take some souvenirs out of concrete, and then judges will score the winners based on their practicality and aesthetics.

The happiest thing this week is that I won a scholarship. At the same time, one of the competitions organized by our club will be held tomorrow and it seems like a challenge for all of us because we haven’t done this kind of thing before. The competition is to make some ornaments / objects out of concrete, and then judges will score the winners based on their practicality and aesthetics.

Which / who / where

The happiest thing this week is that I won a scholarship which is about 3000 RMB and will help me pay for my tuition with Jesse / I won a scholarship this week which made me happy. At the same time, one of the competitions organized by our club, which belongs to our college / faculty, will be held tomorrow and it seems like a challenge for all of us because we haven’t done this kind of thing before. The competition, which started last semester, is to make some ornaments / objects out of concrete, and then judges will score the winners based on their practicality and aesthetics.

Vocabulary

get a good salary – money

I’m doing my bachelor degree / I’m an undergraduate
I’m doing my masters degree / I’m a postgraduate

uncorrect – incorrect 

not far from now (future) / not long ago (past)

rural – countryside, maybe poor

passive students < > active students

before I wanted to take the IELTS exam i hardly say any English – before I wanted to take the IELTS exam I hardly spoke any English 

say – the information / the words you use
eg. I say “hello” / I say that you are a good student
speak– communicating / use a language
eg. I speak English / I speak to you
talk – communicating / use your mouth to make sounds
eg. I talk to you
tell – to give information to another person
eg. I tell you that I will be late / I tell you “you should do your homework”

ingredients  (food / chemistry) / materials (building / everything else)

the first round of the exam / competition / event 

the first heat of the race 

they rank them as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
eg. I’m ranked 3rd in my class / My teacher ranked the whole class

Grammar

i will share some pictures to you – with you 

it will be scored = they will give you a score

we ask some teachers as judges to score them – we asked them to act as judges to score them / as judges they will score our project

I am as good as you
I am here as your friend
As your teacher, I want to help you

Pronunciation

judges – ju jez